In the second half of the 4th century BCE, the Romans began aggressively consolidating power and territory in Italy. Their rapid expansion forced neighboring...
In the 7th and early 8th centuries, Bardanes Philippikos (also commonly known as Philippicus Bardanes) was a prominent member of the ruling elite involved...
This tapestry, designed by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) and manufactured by the Manufacture des Gobelins during the reign of King Louis XIV (1643-1715), has...
Tacitus (c. 56-117+)
"Defeat in battle always begins with the eyes."
Germania (section 43) by Tacitus, translated by Harold Mattingly and edited by J. B. Rives....
These ten quotes from Mark Twain (c. 1835-1910) come from his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (originally published 1876), The Adventures of Huckleberry...
This gloomy scene, painted by the French artist Jacques-Louis David (c. 1748–1825), depicts the widowed Andromache mourning over the body of her husband, Hector—the...
This artwork, depicting ancient Roman practitioners of divination, was originally created by Jean-Léon Gérôme (c. 1824-1904) and reproduced as a print by Goupil &...
